‘Historic milestone’ as court hears the horrors of Peru’s forced sterilisation programme

The brutal sterilization campaign by Peru's 1990s government, depriving thousands of women their right to bear children, remains unresolved. Now, over three decades later, the case of Celia Ramos, a 34-year-old mother who was forced to undergo the procedure against her will and faced severe health complications leading to her untimely death, is being heard for the first time at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Her family, deeply devastated by the loss of their vibrant daughter just days after the operation, continues to grapple with the emotional impact on their lives as they cope with grief.